Characters
She is the youngest daughter to a merchant.
Who is Beauty?
This word means great wealth or good luck.
What is fortune?
This Tall Tale features a character that thinks he is a coyote and he creates a lasso out of a snake.
What is Pecos Bill?
In this fairy tale, a wife becomes greedy and always wants more than what she has.
What is The Fisherman and his Wife?
John Henry battled this machine in his tall tale.
What is a steam drill?
He lives in a hut by the sea with his wife.
Who is the Fisherman?
This word means to have deep respect and liking or wonder for that person or thing.
What is admiration?
This Tall Tale starts out with a baby that is so big he had to sleep on a raft in the ocean.
What is Paul Bunyan?
This fairy tale features a daughter willing to take a punishment to save her father.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
Fairy tales often end with this phrase...
What is 'happily ever after'?
This character worked to build railroad tracks. He raced against a steam drill and won.
Who is John Henry?
This word to feel good about something you have done all by yourself.
What is pride?
This Tall Tale is about the westward expansion where workers drilled holes into mountains. They had contests to see who could drill faster.
What is John Henry?
In this fairy tale, a woodcutter finds magical spirits in the woods that have a magical object he wants.
What is the Magic Pitcher?
These two characters are said to have created the Grand Canyon...
Who are Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill?
His best friend is a blue ox named Babe.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
This word means famous or well-known, or describes something or someone that is like a legend.
This means to make events or people seem greater or bigger than they really are.
What is exaggeration?
In this fairy tale, trickster clothes makers design magical clothing for royalty.
What is the Emperor's New Clothes?
This type of fiction may have animals that take on human characteristics.
What is fairy tale?
He lives near a forest with his family and discovers women called apsaras one day.
Who is the Woodcutter?
This word means to be unhappy or bothered about something.
What is displeases?
This Tall Tale is about an engineer that like to drive trains really fast to make deliveries on time. He worked with Sim Webb.
What is Casey Jones?
In this fairy tale, there is a magical garden that is in full bloom even though there is snow falling.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This type of fiction story has 'Larger-Than-Life' characters and problem get solved in a humorous way.
What is a Tall Tale?